Pedro Segarra
Pedro Segarra | |
|---|---|
| 66th Mayor of Hartford | |
| In office June 25, 2010 – December 31, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Eddie Perez |
| Succeeded by | Luke Bronin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1959 Maricao, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Charlie Ortiz |
| Alma mater | Greater Hartford Community College University of Hartford (BA) University of Connecticut (MSW) University of Connecticut School of Law (JD) |
| Profession | attorney |
Pedro E. Segarra (born April 28, 1959) is a Puerto Rican-American politician and lawyer who served as the 66th mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to becoming mayor, Segarra was president of Hartford's City Council. He succeeded former Mayor Eddie Perez who resigned after he was convicted by a state Superior Court jury of bribery and extortion in a political corruption case, though Perez' convictions eventually were reversed by the Connecticut Appellate Court. Segarra was sworn in as mayor on June 25, 2010, and won re-election on November 8, 2011. In 2015, Luke Bronin defeated Segarra for the Democratic mayoral nomination. He is Hartford's second mayor of Puerto Rican ancestry and the first openly gay mayor of the city. He is also the second openly gay mayor of an American state capital city (David Cicilline of neighboring Providence, Rhode Island was the first).